German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894)

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Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz. Reproduction of a wood engraving, 1937 or 1938.

Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz. Photograph by W.J. Stacey (?).

Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz. Stipple engraving by C. H. Jeens, 1871.

Hermann von Helmholtz : Bilder seines Lebens und Wirkens / Helmut Rechenberg.

Hermann von Helmholtz : Gedächtnisrede gehalten in der Singakademie zu Berlin am 14. Dezember 1894 / von Wilhelm von Bezold ; mit einem Porträt nach einem Ölgemälde von Franz von Lenbach.

Proprioceptive visual synesthesia / Henry W. Hofstetter.

Hermann von Helmholtz and the foundations of nineteenth-century science / edited by David Cahan.

Hermann von Helmholtz / von Leo Koenigsberger Gekürtz volksaug., mit zwei bildnissen.

Handbuch der physiologischen Optik / bearb. von H. von Helmholtz.

Selected writings of Hermann von Helmholtz / edited, with introduction, by Russell Kahl.

Optique physiologique / par H. Helmholtz ; traduite par Émile Javal et N.Th. Klein.

Universalgenie Helmholtz : Rückblick nach 100 Jahren / herausgegeben von Lorenz Krüger.

Popular lectures on scientific subjects / by H. Helmholtz ; translated by E. Atkinson ; with an introduction by Professor Tyndall.

The mechanism of the ossicles of the ear and the mebrana tympani / by H. Helmholtz ; translated from the German, with the author's permission,  Albert H. Buck and Normand Smith.

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Selected writings of Hermann von Helmholtz / edited, with introduction, by Russell Kahl.

Optique physiologique / par H. Helmholtz ; traduite par Émile Javal et N.Th. Klein.

Universalgenie Helmholtz : Rückblick nach 100 Jahren / herausgegeben von Lorenz Krüger.

Popular lectures on scientific subjects / by H. Helmholtz ; translated by E. Atkinson ; with an introduction by Professor Tyndall.

The mechanism of the ossicles of the ear and the mebrana tympani / by H. Helmholtz ; translated from the German, with the author's permission, Albert H. Buck and Normand Smith.

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Hermann von Helmholtz

Images from the collections

Images by Hermann von Helmholtz

Images featuring Hermann von Helmholtz

Works from the collections

Selected writings of Hermann von Helmholtz / edited, with introduction, by Russell Kahl.

Optique physiologique / par H. Helmholtz ; traduite par Émile Javal et N.Th. Klein.

Universalgenie Helmholtz : Rückblick nach 100 Jahren / herausgegeben von Lorenz Krüger.

Popular lectures on scientific subjects / by H. Helmholtz ; translated by E. Atkinson ; with an introduction by Professor Tyndall.

The mechanism of the ossicles of the ear and the mebrana tympani / by H. Helmholtz ; translated from the German, with the author's permission, Albert H. Buck and Normand Smith.

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